The Germán Pomares Championship, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez (lit. "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as the Pomares, is a semi-professional baseball circuit in Nicaragua.[1] The league is made up of 20 teams, largely corresponding to the country's different departments.[1][2][3] The Pomares is the second-highest level of baseball in the country, below the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League (LPBN).[3] Several professional baseball teams from the winter league LPBN also compete in the Pomares, which typically runs from February to August.[4]

The competition was formed in 1970 by Carlos García Solórzano, after Nicaragua's professional league collapsed in 1967.[5] It was later renamed after Germán Pomares [es], a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and baseball enthusiast who died during the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979.[6]

Starting in 2024, the Pomares season is broken into two halves. In the first half, all 20 franchises face each other four times, with the top finishers moving on to a playoffs. The top eight finishers of the first half compete in the second half of the season.[2]

Teams

Team / Department City Stadium Capacity
Indios del Bóer (Managua) Managua Estadio Nacional Soberanía 15,000
Brumas de Jinotega Jinotega Estadio Moisés Palacios Escorcia
Cafetaleros de Carazo Jinotepe Estadio Pedro Selva
Cañoneros de Madriz Somoto Estadio Santiago
Pescadores del Caribe Norte Puerto Cabezas Estadio Jimmy Webster Palmer
Caribe Sur Bluefields Estadio Glorias Costeñas 4,000
Dantos (Managua) Managua Estadio Nacional Soberanía
Defensores de Río San Juan San Carlos Estadio Gabriel Aguirre Marín
Tabacaleros de Estelí Estelí Estadio Rufo Marín Bellorin
Fieras del San Fernando (Masaya) Masaya Estadio Roberto Clemente 6,000
Frente Sur de Rivas Rivas Estadio Yamil Ríos Ugarte 6,000
Gigantes de Zelaya Central El Rama Estadio San Luis
Indígenas de Matagalpa Matagalpa Estadio Chale Solís
Leones de León León Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre 8,000
Tigres de Chinandega Chinandega Estadio Efraín Tijerino 8,000
Guerreros de Nueva Segovia Ocotal Estadio Glorias del Deporte 5,000
Productores de Boaco Boaco Estadio Ernesto Incer Álvarez
Tiburones de Granada Granada Estadio Roque Tadeo Zavala 6,000
Toros de Chontales Juigalpa Estadio Carlos Guerra Colindres 2,000
Mineros del Caribe Siuna Estadio Oncelo Martín Jackson 3,000

References

  1. ^ a b "En Nicaragua, el béisbol sigue a pesar del COVID-19" (in Spanish). Forbes. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Nicaragua to change format of German Pomares National Baseball Championship". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. April 19, 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Los Dantos win Nicaragua's First Division Baseball Championship". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Baseball in Central America: What You Should Know". CentralAmerica.com. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Era un coloso" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 19 September 2014.
  6. ^ "La historia detrás del Pomares". Viva Nicaragua (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Pomares_Championship
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